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Learning to Love Yourself

This month we’re talking about a topic related to one we talked about a couple of months ago, the topic of love. I know, it may seem strange to talk about love in a month that’s not February (we talked about the topic of heart in February), but love is something we should talk and think about all year long. It’s not just a topic for couples or those interested in being a couple, but for everyone. Love isn’t just about being romantic, love is about all kinds of relationships we find ourselves in, whether work, earth/nature, family, neighbor or romantic.

Today though I want to start off the week with talking about the topic of self love or loving yourself. It’s a double edged sword topic because when we focus too much on self love we’re accused of being selfish, and usually rightly so. But at the same time if we’re so selfless that we only think about others, our own needs can be ignored and others can forget that we too have needs. We’re not talking about missionaries who intentionally are selfless, but about the rest of the people in the world who, faith background or not, tend to live a more “normal” life of people, work, and daily/weekly/seasonal activities.

Why choose to love yourself? It’s about more than just making sure you’ll be around for the needs the other people in your life have. We should all have a reason we want to keep living, to stay alive, to wake up another day. We all have gifts that we bring to the world, for some of us it’s a question of figuring out how or where we best fit in, and sometimes there’s not an easy answer to that. But loving yourself is about more than just making sure you’re alive and breathing, it’s about contributing to who you are as a person and becoming better because you’re worth it.

We may not all agree with the same faith beliefs or agree with how the world and we were created, but I can’t see us being disposable, lemmings or robots. I believe that each and every one of us has value to add to the world, and for most of us that has to start with us believing in and accepting who we are. I challenge you this month to open yourself to learning what you love, adding that love to your life on a regular basis and learning how you can best help love grow and multiply in the world.